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okay, thank you. >> commissioner sugaya? >> yes, could you remind me, on past agendas when we've had final certifications of the final environmental impact report and project approvals which follow for the two separate sites, we've also had an agenda item on ceqa findings? >> the ceqa findings are part of the next item. we have a draft motion for certification of the eir which includes findings within that motion, but the ceqa finagled themselves would be part of the next item. >> and why isn't it advertised that way? >> it's part of one of motions you have with the project approvals. >> but in past agendas, we've had a separate item on ceqa findings because i specifically remember reusing myself on the eir portions and, you know, considering that as a separate item and i was wondering why it's just included and not noticed to the public? >> i can't speak to that because i'm not usually part of that. >> my understanding, commissioner is since we started wrapping them into the motion themselves, city attorney's determined we
okay, thank you. >> commissioner sugaya? >> yes, could you remind me, on past agendas when we've had final certifications of the final environmental impact report and project approvals which follow for the two separate sites, we've also had an agenda item on ceqa findings? >> the ceqa findings are part of the next item. we have a draft motion for certification of the eir which includes findings within that motion, but the ceqa finagled themselves would be part of the next...
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>> second. >> commissioner sugaya? >> yes, i have a question for mr. hillis, in past situations, i've had conflicts because i've worked on portions of environmental impact reports, in that case t city attorney's office ruled that i should recuse myself aon the eir portion but i was eligible and they felt comfortable in my participating and voting on the actual project. in this case, it would -- i don't know, i'm not the attorney, but did you ask whether or not you could participate in the eir portion versus the project portion? because it would seem your conflict relates more to the actual approval of the projects rather than the technicalities and the contents of the environmental impact report. >> we did talk about this, okay, do you want to mention it? >> i mean, if they've already said -- >> yeah, it's one project, the advice was to recuse myself from both. >> alright, thank you. >> we have a motion and a second. >> commissioners, on the motion to recuse commissioner hillis from items 10 and 11a and b. commissioner antonini. >> aye. >> so moved, co
>> second. >> commissioner sugaya? >> yes, i have a question for mr. hillis, in past situations, i've had conflicts because i've worked on portions of environmental impact reports, in that case t city attorney's office ruled that i should recuse myself aon the eir portion but i was eligible and they felt comfortable in my participating and voting on the actual project. in this case, it would -- i don't know, i'm not the attorney, but did you ask whether or not you could...
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i don't think the bookstore can survive on its own. >>: commissioner sugaya. >> commissioner sugaya: there is no bookstore to survive. >>: are you saying that the seating limit, 3 tables in the mezzanine is no longer applicable? >>: i will refer to the zoning administrator. the table limits establish some of the old code were often included as conditions of approval. when the definition went away by default you inherit the condition that applies to limited restaurants. i will let mr. -- chime in. >>: so the commission- approved set of conditions has been superseded by the zoning changes adopted by the planning commission? >>: in cases where the conditions of approval are more restrictive than the underlying zoning, yes. size limitation remains in effect. this is why they are here today. to allow greater use of the space. in terms of the north beach specialty district i was involved in both pieces of legislation in 2008, north beach sud and the restaurant legislation. i find the proposal does not conflict with that. i find the restaurant legislation from last year does not conflict wi
i don't think the bookstore can survive on its own. >>: commissioner sugaya. >> commissioner sugaya: there is no bookstore to survive. >>: are you saying that the seating limit, 3 tables in the mezzanine is no longer applicable? >>: i will refer to the zoning administrator. the table limits establish some of the old code were often included as conditions of approval. when the definition went away by default you inherit the condition that applies to limited restaurants. i...
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. >> commissioner sugaya: mr. chu, could you provide information on the nepa process, when do you expect it to be completed? >>: that process is underway and both the planning department, mta and city attorney are in touch with all the relevant agencies such as ship and nesta the process is to be completed before any demolition occurs at 1741 powell. i have no indication from individual staff working on the project that that would not occur this time. >>: to your knowledge has the mta conducted a de-watering report of its own versus what has been provided by the property owner? there is a geotech report that the property had to provide for the previous project that we approved. do you know if mta as you are saying will provide answers to my question? other going to undertake their own get technical report in one week? >>: commissioner sugaya, president fong, i don't want to get too much into engineering issues since my graduate degrees in journalism. i do understand the mta has an engineering plan to deal with wat
. >> commissioner sugaya: mr. chu, could you provide information on the nepa process, when do you expect it to be completed? >>: that process is underway and both the planning department, mta and city attorney are in touch with all the relevant agencies such as ship and nesta the process is to be completed before any demolition occurs at 1741 powell. i have no indication from individual staff working on the project that that would not occur this time. >>: to your knowledge has...
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. >>: commissioner sugaya. >> commissioner sugaya: i would like to pursue that a little bit. my concern is that the project sponsor went ahead in light of the independent commission's 74decibel limit to push beyond that. there is no excuse to me for having done that. that is why the sound engineer is here to say we pushed it to the other side of the wall. also the number of violations between the time we heard it and continued it and today also does not give me a lot of confidence. i feel that one of the issues with the sound testing i think is -- and the sound experts can take this into consideration when they do their test because i think that is where we are headed, at different frequencies there are different impacts on the other side of the wall. if i'm sitting in the theater are having a massage in the spa, the higher frequencies i may not be able to hear. the lower bass sounds are going to come through at the same decibel level. is not only a matter of oh, it's 94 one side and 36 or 50 on the other or whatever. that may be fine with the meter. it is a different situati
. >>: commissioner sugaya. >> commissioner sugaya: i would like to pursue that a little bit. my concern is that the project sponsor went ahead in light of the independent commission's 74decibel limit to push beyond that. there is no excuse to me for having done that. that is why the sound engineer is here to say we pushed it to the other side of the wall. also the number of violations between the time we heard it and continued it and today also does not give me a lot of confidence....
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commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner president fong. >> that motion passes unanimously 7-0. and places you under commissioners' questions and matters, adoption of commission minutes, i have no speaker cards. >> any fub lick comment on the draft of the minutes? seeing none, motion to approve. >> move to approve. >> second. >> commissioner moore is, next item. >> on that motion to adopt minutes for january 17, 2013, commissioner antonini. >> aye. >> commissioner borden? >> aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner wu. >> and commission president fong? >> that motion passes unanimously 7-0. >> item 4, commission comments/questions. >> commissioner moore? >> i wanted to comment on the ribbon common on the veterans, it was a remarkable event not because of who was in attendance but because of the incredible number of people who supported and helped make this project possible, it was a lovely adapted reuse, it was a historical element, a strong second tax advantage with historic preservation c
commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner president fong. >> that motion passes unanimously 7-0. and places you under commissioners' questions and matters, adoption of commission minutes, i have no speaker cards. >> any fub lick comment on the draft of the minutes? seeing none, motion to approve. >> move to approve. >> second. >> commissioner moore is, next item. >> on that motion to adopt minutes for january 17, 2013, commissioner antonini....
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>> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner wu? >> no. >> and commissionv president fong? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners. that motion passes 6 to 1. commissioner wu dissenting. (applause) >> commissioner borden, i'm sorry, did you have comment? >> commissioners, that will place you on public comment. i have no speaker cards. >> is there any public comment? seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. >> in honor of -- >> in honor of lou spadia. >> yes, thank you. [adjourned] come and experience lafayette park and enjoy the people, picnic and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take an afternoon stroll with your loved one hand in hand. located at got and sacramento street in the middle of pacific heights on top of the city's steep rolling hills, lafayette park offers a great place, peaceful beauty. comfortably spaced tables and benches, a playground, rest rooms and tips at the end of the park. plenty of flat areas for football, frisbee, and picnic. lafayette is very much a couples park. this wonderful hilltop park is the place you can
>> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner wu? >> no. >> and commissionv president fong? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners. that motion passes 6 to 1. commissioner wu dissenting. (applause) >> commissioner borden, i'm sorry, did you have comment? >> commissioners, that will place you on public comment. i have no speaker cards. >> is there any public comment? seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. >> in honor...
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>> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner wu? >> no. >> and commissionv president fong? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners. that motion passes 6 to 1. commissioner wu dissenting. (applause) >> commissioner borden, i'm sorry, did you have comment? >> commissioners, that will place you on public comment. i have no speaker cards. >> is there any public comment? seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. >> in honor of -- >> in honor of lou spadia. >> yes, thank you. [adjourned] >> all right, good morning everyone. my name is monique moirer. i have the honor of the port commissioners and staff to welcome you back to the san francisco port. and this historic pier 48. pier 48 as you may know was one of the last piers built right before world war ii. it was built in concert with pier 45 and fisherman's wharf in the changes of technology in cargo movement. those changes were stimulated by the fact that we had two bridges opening up here in the bay. and our opportunities to move cargo changed by vessel and rail to also by truck. pier 48 as yo
>> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner wu? >> no. >> and commissionv president fong? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners. that motion passes 6 to 1. commissioner wu dissenting. (applause) >> commissioner borden, i'm sorry, did you have comment? >> commissioners, that will place you on public comment. i have no speaker cards. >> is there any public comment? seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. >> in honor...
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>> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner wu? >> no. >> and commissionv president fong? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners. that motion passes 6 to 1. commissioner wu dissenting. (applause) >> commissioner borden, i'm sorry, did you have comment? >> commissioners, that will place you on public comment. i have no speaker cards. >> is there any public comment? seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. >> in honor of -- >> in honor of lou spadia. >> yes, thank you. [adjourned] test, test, test, test, test, test >> well, thank you all for coming. it's great. i just want to highlight the program before we get started. all our partners have helped us develop this project with that my name is a himself i'm head up the be district program. we welcome president chiu welcome. without further adieu a man who's no stranger to this area mayor edwin lee. thank you. it's great to be here on 24th street i can literally see all the changes and the constant very brnt area. it gets crowded up here. i'm glad to join president chiu and the other supervi
>> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner wu? >> no. >> and commissionv president fong? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners. that motion passes 6 to 1. commissioner wu dissenting. (applause) >> commissioner borden, i'm sorry, did you have comment? >> commissioners, that will place you on public comment. i have no speaker cards. >> is there any public comment? seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. >> in honor...
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>> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner wu? >> no. >> and commissionv president fong? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners. that motion passes 6 to 1. commissioner wu dissenting. (applause) >> commissioner borden, i'm sorry, did you have comment? >> commissioners, that will place you on public comment. i have no speaker cards. >> is there any public comment? seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. >> in honor of -- >> in honor of lou spadia. >> yes, thank you. [adjourned] >> everyone deserves a bank account. in san francisco, anyone can have a bank account, things to an innovative program, bank on s.f. >> everyone is welcome, even if you are not a citizen or have bad credit to qualify for a bank account is simple. just live or work in san francisco and have a form of id. >> we started bank on s.f. six years ago to reach out to folks in the city who do not have a bank account. we wanted to make sure they know they have options which should be more low-cost, more successful to them and using chat catchers. >> check cashing stores ca
>> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner wu? >> no. >> and commissionv president fong? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners. that motion passes 6 to 1. commissioner wu dissenting. (applause) >> commissioner borden, i'm sorry, did you have comment? >> commissioners, that will place you on public comment. i have no speaker cards. >> is there any public comment? seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. >> in honor...
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thank you. >> commissioner sugaya: aye. >>: anything else commissioners? >> commissioner sugaya: aye >> commissioner wu: aye >> president fong: aye >>: the motion passes unanimously, 7-0. item 15, case 2012.1113 c, 3015 geary boulevard, request for conditional use authorization. >>: good afternoon my name is -- plan a department staff. the avenue for user requests for a conditional use authorization for the property at 3015 geary. establish a new formula retail and limited restaurant within a grand use commercial building. the project includes interior tenant improvements and minor structural alteration. the commercial space would not be enlarged and it is approximately 900 square feet in size. is doing business as domino's pizza. there is a location that 1408 fillmore proposed to be relocated at 1109 fillmore, the next item on the agenda. both sides are approximately 1 mile away. the business owner is displaced at the current locaiton in fillmore. the business owner intends to occupy only one of the spaces and would prefer the fillmore street location. th
thank you. >> commissioner sugaya: aye. >>: anything else commissioners? >> commissioner sugaya: aye >> commissioner wu: aye >> president fong: aye >>: the motion passes unanimously, 7-0. item 15, case 2012.1113 c, 3015 geary boulevard, request for conditional use authorization. >>: good afternoon my name is -- plan a department staff. the avenue for user requests for a conditional use authorization for the property at 3015 geary. establish a new...
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>> no. >> commissioner sugaya? >> no. i just have to note also that when i said i didn't have any plan -- we didn't have any plan, i don't have any plans. so, commissioner moore corrected me in saying that she has it and i notice commissioner antonini has them, too. but for some reason i never received that. no. >> anything else? [laughter] >> i could go on for another -- [laughter] >>> [speaker not understood]. >> and commission president fong? >> aye. >> thank you, commissioners. that motion passes 4 to 2. >> commissioner antonini. >> and i will move 7c, which is request for conditional use authorization to allow development of a lot grade of 5,000 square feet and the other item included in the text. and this is the extended approval period as included in this motion. >> as amended by staff? >> as amended by staff. >> second. >> commissioners, on that motion, commissioner antonini? >> aye. >> commissioner borden? >> aye. >> commissioner hillis? >> aye. >> commissioner moore? >> no. >> commissioner sugaya? >> no. >> comm
>> no. >> commissioner sugaya? >> no. i just have to note also that when i said i didn't have any plan -- we didn't have any plan, i don't have any plans. so, commissioner moore corrected me in saying that she has it and i notice commissioner antonini has them, too. but for some reason i never received that. no. >> anything else? [laughter] >> i could go on for another -- [laughter] >>> [speaker not understood]. >> and commission president fong?...
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. >> commissioner sugaya? >> here. >> first up, commissioners, on your calendar, consideration of items proposed for continuance, item 1, case no. 2012.1442c for 795 folsom street, request for conditional use authorization is being proposed for continuance to february 28th, 2013. i have no other items proposed for continuance and i have no speaker cards. >> is there any public comment on the one item proposed for continuance? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners? commissioner sugaya. >> move to continue item number 1 to february 28th. >> second. >> on that motion to continue 795 folsom to february 28th, commissioner antonini? >> aye. >> commissioner borden? >> aye. >> commissioner hillis? excuse me, commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> here -- i mean, yes, aye. [laughter] >> commissioner wu? >> aye. >> and commission president fong? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to 0 and placed you under your consent calendar. all matters listed hereunder
. >> commissioner sugaya? >> here. >> first up, commissioners, on your calendar, consideration of items proposed for continuance, item 1, case no. 2012.1442c for 795 folsom street, request for conditional use authorization is being proposed for continuance to february 28th, 2013. i have no other items proposed for continuance and i have no speaker cards. >> is there any public comment on the one item proposed for continuance? seeing none, public comment is closed....
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. >> commissioner sugaya? >> yes. did the hvc throw out a number for you guys on the 05? or did they just... >> they did not, no. they just asked us to increase it. >> okay. >> all right. >> i had one other thing. never... >> to support commissioner moore, this is a two-year cycle. but each year we have to do another two years. >> that is right. >> if we find ourselves behind the eight ball on the commission side, and in the secretary whoever gets higher and does the staff that are there, under this particular scenario find themselves inundated with the kind of things that they would have to respond to either in the commission's work or the public records request or whatever happens and we have the ability then to take a look at it a year from now. >> that is right, but we also, would i argue that we could look at it before then just to reassign the staff if we really need to wait for the budget to do that. >> okay >> just to remind you that we also have changed one of your three positions to be a higher level professional level position as well. so, that, we think would
. >> commissioner sugaya? >> yes. did the hvc throw out a number for you guys on the 05? or did they just... >> they did not, no. they just asked us to increase it. >> okay. >> all right. >> i had one other thing. never... >> to support commissioner moore, this is a two-year cycle. but each year we have to do another two years. >> that is right. >> if we find ourselves behind the eight ball on the commission side, and in the secretary...
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commissioner sugaya? >> thank you, following up on commissioner moore's comment on veteran's commons, for those of you that don't know, the address is 150 o -- odus which is where the back of the planning department is located. it did use a combination of federal tax credits, both low-income tax credits and historic preservation tax credits which commissioner moore mentioned, historic preservation tax credits are worth as tax credits, not as a deduction as a straight credit, 25% of the rehabilitation costs of the project, so it's a substantial amount coming back to -- well, i can't say developer because they're non-profit organizations but in the case where they're non-profits, it can be syndicated, i think in this case, it's maybe bank of america, i can't remember, so wells provided some other financing, so it was a really good project, the historic preservation commission did review the project and gave it its blessing and the mayor's office housing of course was involved so all around, i think it was a
commissioner sugaya? >> thank you, following up on commissioner moore's comment on veteran's commons, for those of you that don't know, the address is 150 o -- odus which is where the back of the planning department is located. it did use a combination of federal tax credits, both low-income tax credits and historic preservation tax credits which commissioner moore mentioned, historic preservation tax credits are worth as tax credits, not as a deduction as a straight credit, 25% of the...
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sugaya. mci. commissioner sugaya. >> that's not my concern. in the neighborhood, [speaker not understood]. the number of signs -- we have an opportunity, we're talking about the department's budget later on in this session and we may want to suggest the department include some line item in there to work on this issue in a more serious vein so that we actually can address the sign issue in an overall comprehensive kind of manner. and it wouldn't be just lighting. it would be the number, the size, et cetera, et cetera. that said, i think that, you know, we don't seem to have similar issues with some other companies who seem to realize that being more subtle and, you know, blending in with the financial district and downtown and other neighborhoods seems to be the way to go and not be this blairing kind of corporate brand that chase seems to want to foist upon us. * blaring >> walgreens is not a good example, but they do have a fairly nice treatment. * is it montgomery and california? somewhere downtown where it's very discrete. and i think they
sugaya. mci. commissioner sugaya. >> that's not my concern. in the neighborhood, [speaker not understood]. the number of signs -- we have an opportunity, we're talking about the department's budget later on in this session and we may want to suggest the department include some line item in there to work on this issue in a more serious vein so that we actually can address the sign issue in an overall comprehensive kind of manner. and it wouldn't be just lighting. it would be the number,...
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>> public comment is closed. >> commissioner sugaya? >> yes, thank you for that report. i am encouraged that we are what is the right word? taking into consideration the recommendations from the preservation commission and that is very encouraging and just one comment. i think through the years, in terms of this preservation fund, this city and not just the department but city has gotten the idea that it is a pot of money to delve into when they feel there is a historic preservation project that they may want to undertake. and i have to remind the city and the mayor's office, especially, i think that this was set up initially through a loss suit that was filed privately. and settled and the money, mr. hillis knows more about it than me. i think because he is used to staff the committee. but, i think that the intent was for the funds, which do not replicate themselves. i mean, i forget the original amount, mr. hillis, around $2 million? >> $2.5 million. >> yes. and then each time there is a grant allocation, then it gets depleted. so i think that we have to treat that som
>> public comment is closed. >> commissioner sugaya? >> yes, thank you for that report. i am encouraged that we are what is the right word? taking into consideration the recommendations from the preservation commission and that is very encouraging and just one comment. i think through the years, in terms of this preservation fund, this city and not just the department but city has gotten the idea that it is a pot of money to delve into when they feel there is a historic...
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>> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner wu? >> aye. >> and commission president fong? >> aye. >> so moved r, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously. and places you under item 10 for case no. case no. 2013.0029x for 222 2nd street. request for a determination of compliance. >> good afternoon, president fong and members of the commission. my name is kevin guy with planning staff. the request before you today is a determination of compliance under section 309 for project at 222 2nd street of the southwest corner of howard street. the proproject would demolish an existing parking lot and construct a 26 story office building containing 430,650 square feet of office uses, 2800 square feet of ground floor space, [speaker not understood], and ground floor public open space. the project was previously approved by this commission on august 21st, 2010 with a similar design and program of uses. at the time it was contemplated that a portion of the adjacent property to the west would be incorporated into the site. this area is occupi
>> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner wu? >> aye. >> and commission president fong? >> aye. >> so moved r, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously. and places you under item 10 for case no. case no. 2013.0029x for 222 2nd street. request for a determination of compliance. >> good afternoon, president fong and members of the commission. my name is kevin guy with planning staff. the request before you today is a...
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. >> and commissioner sugaya? >> here. >> commissioners, first up for consideration of items proposed for continuance, item 1, south side between howard and folsom streets; lot 125 and 126 in assessor's block 3735 - mandatory discretionary review, pursuant to planning code section 317 (e), of building permit application no. 2012.11.21.4720, proposing to merge units 1202 (lot 125) and 1203 (lot 126) in an existing 91 unit building within the c-3-o (sd) (downtown commercial, downtown office special development) zoning district and 320-i height and bulk district proposed for continuance to march 21st, 2013. * case no. 2011.0800c, 601 van ness avenue >> is there any public comment on the one item proposed for continuance? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner borden? >> continue item 1 to the date on the calendar. >> second. >> on that motion to continue item 1 to march 21st, commissioner antonini? >> aye. >> commissioner borden? >> aye. >> commissioner hillis? >> aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> c
. >> and commissioner sugaya? >> here. >> commissioners, first up for consideration of items proposed for continuance, item 1, south side between howard and folsom streets; lot 125 and 126 in assessor's block 3735 - mandatory discretionary review, pursuant to planning code section 317 (e), of building permit application no. 2012.11.21.4720, proposing to merge units 1202 (lot 125) and 1203 (lot 126) in an existing 91 unit building within the c-3-o (sd) (downtown commercial,...
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. >> commissioner sugaya. >> yes, a question for mr. sanchez. when you were referencing the section on the signs and you referred that -- i mean, that section then referred to the administrative code on discretionary review, can you explain what that relationship or what that implies or why it's set up that way? >> so, when we're working on the dr, i think you're familiar with 1954 memo from the office of the city attorney. >> um-hm. >> and that cited the discretionary authority that all bodies have in the city and county of san francisco and that is in the admin code. that is where this commission derives its discretionary review authority powers. so, when you hear a dr and a building permit application you're relying on that section. it's the same section that the board of appeals relies upon when they are hearing a building permit as well. so, that's saying that you do not have the ability to exercise discretion, that you are authorized -- otherwise authorized. obviously that comes around because of concerns with first amendment issues and th
. >> commissioner sugaya. >> yes, a question for mr. sanchez. when you were referencing the section on the signs and you referred that -- i mean, that section then referred to the administrative code on discretionary review, can you explain what that relationship or what that implies or why it's set up that way? >> so, when we're working on the dr, i think you're familiar with 1954 memo from the office of the city attorney. >> um-hm. >> and that cited the...
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thank you. >> commissioner sugaya. >> yes, mr. frye. was there -- on this advance notice there's 206th street, there was some 106 issue. >> 206th street was on their agenda. it wasn't an issue per se. it's a standard practice for certain size projects that require section 106 review by our historic preservation commission. they provided review and comment on the m.o.a. that has been prepared between the mayor's office, hud, and the property owner. they had a few comments about the public display, interpretive display on the site. but other than that, just a couple clarifications. >> okay, thank you. >> thank you. >> moving forward, commissioners, that will place you under general public comment. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may a
thank you. >> commissioner sugaya. >> yes, mr. frye. was there -- on this advance notice there's 206th street, there was some 106 issue. >> 206th street was on their agenda. it wasn't an issue per se. it's a standard practice for certain size projects that require section 106 review by our historic preservation commission. they provided review and comment on the m.o.a. that has been prepared between the mayor's office, hud, and the property owner. they had a few comments about...
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. >> thank you, commissioner, sugaya? >> yes, i think that with all of the community plans that have community benefits, they depend on development and so ironically. and so i think that unless the development is happening, there aren't community benefits fees come ng and therefore, you can't count on that source as need to be making in the structure and improvements and other things and so that is one of the cunundrums here. i think that it is a good project and i don't, commissioner moore has something to say, but i am going to go ahead and make a motion to approve the project with conditions. >> second. >> commissioner moore? >> i was going to make a motion to approve the project. >> but project speaks for itself and it is what we envisioned and has my full support. >> a bit of reason that we have not had the impact youth come in because of the referal program. and so if it is remembered from our budget discussion today there was a big jump next year that we are expecting in the impact fees because of the backlog, if y
. >> thank you, commissioner, sugaya? >> yes, i think that with all of the community plans that have community benefits, they depend on development and so ironically. and so i think that unless the development is happening, there aren't community benefits fees come ng and therefore, you can't count on that source as need to be making in the structure and improvements and other things and so that is one of the cunundrums here. i think that it is a good project and i don't,...